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stayer

stayer

1 6.4
A person or animal who can keep going for a long time in a hard activity
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪər/
translation icon : resistente
  • The marathon runner is known as a true stayer who completes every race without giving up.

This is a situation, the trauma bonded stayers, where you need to be honest with yourself.

Examples

  • The two criteria groups were junior enlisted stayers and leavers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • "Stayers" were those reservists who responded to the survey in both 1988 and 1989.

    Academic text (1991)

  • His bronc's a real stayer.

    Bite the Bullet (1975)

  • Fourteen faculty were stayers for all courses they taught.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Two more get up, and the stayers spread out a bit and put their elbows on the table.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • In the triathlon, she proved to be a remarkable stayer, finishing strong despite the tough conditions.

  • His ability to remain focused for hours makes him a dedicated stayer in the competition.

Synonyms

stalwart
vsstayer
12 7.6

A loyal and reliable person who supports a group

depends on lasting stamina to finish demanding activities rather than loyalty
slogger
vsstayer
  • UK
7.4

A person who keeps working for long hours at boring tasks

persists through the hardest final stages using physical or mental stamina

Antonyms

quitter
  • Offensive
42 3.2

A person who gives up easily and does not finish things

How Enduring

ironman
1 7.5
stayer
1 6.4
struggler
1 4.7
quitter
  • Offensive
42 3.2

Surface Forms

stayer singular
stayers plural

Morphology

stayer = stay (transparent) = stay + er

Formed from the verb 'stay' + the agentive suffix '-er'; learners who know 'stay' and '-er' can deduce 'one who stays/lasts'.

Etymology

Stayer comes from the verb stay, meaning 'remain', plus -er, the part that makes a word mean 'one who'. So a stayer is a person or animal who can 'stay' in a long race or hard task and last to the end.